Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has approved compensation money of Rs. 50, 000/ for each family of the stranded Pakistanis in Saudi. The Prime Minister has approved a total amount of Rs. 500 Million to be distributed amongst the families of ten thousand stranded Pakistanis.

The Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development to prepare authenticated lists of the concerned families at the earliest possible. The Prime Minister further directed that disbursement of cheques amounting to Rs. 50,000 for each family must be ensured as early as possible.